The 1959–60 Burnley F.C. season was their 61st in the Football League,
and their 13th consecutively in the First Division, the top tier of
English football. Under their manager, Harry Potts, Burnley won their
second First Division championship, the first since their 1920–21
season, on the last day with a 2–1 victory over Manchester City. Only
Alex Elder and Jimmy McIlroy had cost a transfer fee; the other players
had been recruited from Burnley’s youth academy. In cup competitions,
Burnley reached the sixth round of the FA Cup, and won the Lancashire
Cup. After the main season ended, the squad travelled to the United
States to participate in the first edition of the International Soccer
League. Eighteen players made at least one appearance for the club, with
Jimmy Adamson, Brian Miller and Ray Pointer present in all 50 matches.
The top goalscorer was John Connelly with 24 goals, including 20 in the
league. The highest home attendance at Turf Moor that season was 52,850
for the FA Cup fifth round replay match against Bradford City.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_Burnley_F.C._season>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1864:
American Civil War: Confederate forces unsuccessfully attacked
Union troops at the Battle of Atlanta.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Atlanta>
1894:
Jules-Albert de Dion finished first in the world's first motor
race, but did not win as his steam-powered car was against the rules.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules-Albert_de_Dion>
1963:
The United Kingdom granted self-government to Sarawak.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarawak>
1975:
Stanley Forman took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photo Fire
Escape Collapse, which spurred action to improve the safety of fire
escapes across the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Escape_Collapse>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
untogether:
1. Not together.
2. Not cohesive or united; disunited, disparate, separated; also, not
coordinated; uncoordinated.
3. (informal) Of a person or their behaviour: not composed;
disorganized, sloppy.
4. (informal) Of a situation: not under control; chaotic, disorganized.
5. That which is not together.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/untogether>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I don't follow the latest fashions. I never sing a song that's
badly written. In the 1920s and '30s, there was a renaissance in music
that was the equivalent of the artistic Renaissance. Cole Porter, Johnny
Mercer and others just created the best songs that had ever been
written. These are classics, and finally they're not being treated as
light entertainment. This is classical music.
--Tony Bennett
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tony_Bennett>